Who else do you portray as Hazbin hotel characters?
Tough question considering I haven't watched the entire Hazbin Hotel series (I'm a Hellavuh Boss kind of guy tho :P ) Tiktok spoiled a lot of the good songs, but I *try* to avoid listening to soundtracks of musicals until I see them in full context. So right now the songs I have heard give off a lot of vibes that match with some of the Graveyard Shift characters
But I am a sucker of all these songs with tension that may or may not radiate in a sexual energy if read in a certain light
Zuko def started realizing how his dad and the Fire Nation fucked him up towards the end of the war, but I love to imagine that he had TIME to process/deal with it away from the FN before he had to go and be Fire Lord
Like there’s the abuse angle OF COURSE which takes time to recover from
But it’s also during that time that he also starts to realize just how… brainwashed he and the other FN citizens were and that is an Awful Realization to have because it makes him feel so used and there is an entire aspect of his identity that he has to rebuild/rediscover.
He doesn’t even understand his reactions at first, but for a while he’s so ashamed to even be considered Fire, and he has a LOT of animosity towards his whole nation. He panics when he sees the colors or the symbols because, justifiable or not, he just feels like such a victim and that’s so embarrassing and he wishes he could just stop it all…
It’s at this point Iroh realizes he needs to Step Up and take the throne— at least for now— so Zuko can just Be A Kid and deal with his trauma. Zuko and Sokka get a place in Ba Sing Se and slowly… slowly… Zuko is able to come to terms with what happened to him and with his identity.
And it’s the fact that he knows the pain and the recovery and everything in between, and his love for his people, that has him crowned Fire Lord 10 years after the war is over, ready to lead his people into a new era.
Cannot BELIEVE that Crazy Ex-Girlfriend really said, "Here is a female protagonist who is a mess and flawed in a painfully realistic, uncomfortable way, in a way that you cannot distance yourself from or write off, one who will do things that will worry or confuse or even unnerve you, and she is still worthy of love and support and personal peace. She still deserves to be happy and fulfilled because she is a person. And not only does she deserve to recover from everything she's been struggling with, that recovery is POSSIBLE. It's never truly out-of-reach, and it's so, so incredibly worth it for her to keep trying, for all of us to keep trying. Because we're never going to be perfect and we're never going to have it all figured out, and we're probably going to screw up a lot and there will even be times when we're downright unlikeable, but that never means that we can't still be happy."
ANYWAY I HAVE COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY NORMAL FEELINGS ABOUT THIS SHOW
one of my favorite things about johnny silverhand is the fact that he acknowledges that he's the 'him' in the 'i can fix him' movement. he knows nobody could resist. even saburo arasaka took a glance at him and went "lemme try."
I keep remembering this ask I got a while back, and I think it's important now more than ever.
If I was Sand, I personally would not give Boeing the time of day for what he did to me. I would be livid. I would never speak to him again.
But Sand is not me. Sand is more forgiving than is probably healthy for him. Even though it is something I hope he works on for his own benefit, it doesn't change the fact that for the moment, that is who he is. That's his flaw just as much as it his strength.
Caring for people is generally regarded as a positive trait because it is, but there's a such thing as caring too much for people who do not show that same care back to you. That is the position Sand seems to find himself in continuously. I believe Ray does care about Sand, but it took so long for that to be communicated to Sand in the way he deserves. The reason their relationship has lasted is because Sand does not demand that reassurance the way many people would, even though he might want it. Words of affirmation are not at the top of Sand's love language list.
Abandonment
I don't want to prescribe any definitive long-term childhood response to Sand from what little information we have, but given the emphasis on Sand's absent father, I think it's safe to say that Sand faces some abandonment issues. Growing up, he only ever had his mom; of course he was bound to cling to her very tightly. That is where I imagine his caring behavior has stemmed from most. Additionally, having so few people on his life that he could rely on, he learned to be a support system for others and learn not to complain for what he has.
I think Sand is in a position where he objectively understands that he is mistreated. He admits as much to both Ray and Nick. But he can’t break out of this cycle because there’s a deep-seated fear in him. A fear of being alone? A fear of being abandoned? A fear of not being good enough or “special” to anyone?
I have been wrestling with myself over the past day about Sand’s behavior in Ep11. And I’ve realized that a reason why I feel so ambivalent about it—a reason I don’t like to admit—is because it’s related to Boeing, not Ray.
Sand has received the same criticism he’s facing in Ep11 in past episodes: i.e., “He needs to know his worth and tell off Ray for what he’s doing to him.” A very similar situation has now arisen with Boeing. Sand is once again trapped in the cycle. He is nice to Boeing because even after what Boeing does to him, he cannot handle the thought of banishing him from his life for good—not when Boeing is still here and willing to engage with him. Again, we see the conflict between what he knows he should do and what he defaults to.
I empathize with Sand’s plight here, and I understand that it is difficult for him to react to Boeing and Ray. Where my frustrations arise are in the way he reacts to Ray’s reaction.
Ray is insanely passive aggressive at the end of Ep11. Sand has seen this all before; Ray lingers at the bar after being told to go home, he invites Boeing over without really wanting to invite him over, and he invites Sand to get naked in the pool with them. Each time, Boeing eggs him on by agreeing, playing up the guise of “we’re all friends here!” while simultaneously making both pointed and subtle jabs at his previous relationship with Sand (the most obvious being the “we’ve already seen every part of each other” line).
I’m of the belief that Sand is very aware of how Ray feels, especially in that ending shot when he looks between Ray and Boeing. But he does not ever confront Boeing or disengage from the situation. He’s playing into Boeing’s guise, and both he and Ray know it.
In virtually every part of Part 4, we see Sand caught in this same perpetual cycle where he lets people walk all over him. While I empathize with his struggles, as I said, there's a part of me that believes his boyfriend’s discomfort with the situation should supersede that. He committed to Ray, not Boeing, and this situation with Boeing is posing a threat to that.
This is not me saying that Sand needs to scream at Boeing and cuss him out for what he did to him. But I do think Sand needs to acknowledge much more firmly that he is Ray’s boyfriend. Sand can be nice to Boeing and offer him friendship, but he cannot allow Boeing to make advances on him and hang around with them when Boeing so clearly has other intentions. (There’s an argument that maybe Boeing does genuinely want a friendship with Sand, but after the way he talks with Sand and how he handled the TopMew situation, I don’t believe that for a second).
This isn’t easy for Sand, but when Ray is right there, he has to be more direct. Boeing was his past but Ray is his present. Much like how Sand encouraged Ray to go to rehab, I think Ray will encourage Sand to stand up for himself against Boeing.
Finding out that according to some sources, Rocbouquet, the Romancing SaGa 2 equivalent to Hancock, is in love with Wagnas (Crocodile) is like extremely funny to me
Not just because I joked about how funny it would be if Hancock not only joined Cross Guild, but got over her crush on Luffy and did fall in love with Crocodile somehow (like, the scenario on its own sounds funny as hell to me, especially if Crocodile was exclusively attracted to men. Like someone needs to get this poor woman a gaydar, she clearly fucking needs one)
But also, if Crocodad Real.
Imagine being fucking Dragon. And getting to see your ex for the first time in like 20 years.
And Dragon just watches Crocodile walk in, with Boa Hancock, The Most Beautiful Woman In The World, hanging onto your his arm like her life depends on it, completely in love. And your ex is just allowing it, completely unbothered.
Also, Lucifer did you just sorta abandon Cain or something?
Lucifer, you should also talk to Adam elsewhere. His presence is stressing out Alastor. And that's not good for the babies.
Lucifer: *is beyond pissed off at Adam for a multitude of reasons* YOU! Come with me! *drags Adam outside Alastor’s house and portals them back to Lucifer’s mansion* ADAM?! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?! GIVE ME ANY REASON WHY I SHOULDN’T KILL YOU AGAIN?!
Adam: Damn babe you need to chillax. After all I’ve been hearing some shit and I wanted to see if it was true. You having some bastards with a random sinner and all that. Ha! Fucking hilarious!
Lucifer: You’re not welcomed here. Especially for killing my daughter!
Adam: She was in your arms babe, you’re the one who let her go…
Lucifer: You grabbed her and killed her!
Adam: Tomato, Tatas, it’s whatever. It’s in the past now. Heard you went to Heaven and all. Mind getting me back up there?
Lucifer: is that why you’re being an ass?!
Adam: Yeah. I hate it down here.
Lucifer: Good. It’s fucking Hell! No one is supposed to like it here! It’s eternal punishment.
Adam: Yeah well, since we do saw a kid together, thought I could call in a favor.
Lucifer: Well you can’t. You obviously belong down here.
Adam: Well if I’m staying then you have to support me. It’s only fair?
Lucifer: FAIR?! YOU NOT ONLY TOOK AWAY MY SON AND GAVE HIM TO EVE BUT YOU KILLED MY DAUGHTER!
Adam: Yeah and you killed me. Someone always kills someone! Besides I figured Cain would be visiting you every so often. Wanna see what the old chip off the block looks like.
Lucifer: *depressed* He died a long time ago but the exterminations. You will never see him again.
Adam: Oh…shit…I didn’t know…
Lucifer: Go away Adam. You’re not welcomed near me or my new family.
Adam: You can’t get rid of me that easily. I’ll be back. *leans in* And once you get sick of the Radiohead, you and I can get together and I’ll remind you why you used to call me the “D*ckmaster.”
Someone will bring up Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and then it will literally take a miracle to stop me from uncontrollably vibrating at a speed that could break the sound barrier.